The easiest spark test I know of is to take a plug wire off the Distributor cap and then just lay it lightly back in the hole you just took it out of. Have an assistant crank the engine and if you are getting spark, you should hear a snap or crack sound of the electricity jumping the arc from the distributor cap to the metal end of the plug wire.

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Yes that is a possibility, along with about a hundred other possibilities, I wouldn't go buying any parts just yet you need to do some more diagnoses first. Also, there is not much info here for example, did it restart later, or did you have it towed from the side of the road, does it now crank but wont start, does it not even crank, does it start and die. Did it just run out of gas? what was the manner in which it died, suddenly or more like running out of gas?

If you know it has gas in it, and it cranks but wont start you could have a bad fuel pump, or it could be an ignition problem. You need to determine if it has no spark or no gas, then we have something to go on.

There is no connection between filling the car with fas and the engine dieing. It is possible you got gas with water rust in it. NOTE: This is a lot less likely with gas having 10% ethanol.

Try and use starting fluid and let me know it this pulls the gas up.
If not try adding 4 cans of gas additive to mix the water and gas. Let me know if this works. If not, I have a couple of other ideas.

i can tell you its not the fuel pump.if you smell fuel then the pump is working right,you may have a weak crankshaft sensor though which would keep it from starting and running. but its definately not the fuel pump maybe you have water in your gas